Calls are mounting for a support fund to help horticulture growers who lost more than €5m in Storm Emma.

Growers are reeling from the loss of collapsed greenhouses and polytunnels, as well as loss of plants at a time when nurseries were at full capacity.

Although some of the businesses had insurance to cover some structural losses, in general most producers cannot currently obtain cover for items such as polytunnels, crops and glasshouses.

IFA horticulture chair, Paul Brophy has called on the Government to provide support for horticulture producers whose businesses have been devastated in the wake of the recent storm.